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Mar 18, 2011

Lakeside paint-out

Willow, 6x6" oil on panel

Wow! My very first blog entry from my new laptop! I'm lovin’ it. If my x-techie-husband could only see me now!

Got to a Paint NC* paint-out this a.m. at about 7:30. This is why you didn’t hear from me earlier. The temp was 83º when I packed up to leave at 4:30. it was the kind of day of which plein air dreams are made.

Seems like weeping willows grow in most areas of the U.S. I'll have to Google them. The deeper blue behind the willow is the picturesque lake on which the host of today’s paint-out lives. If I were thirteen years old and saw the painters in such a setting and the epicurean lunch that was spread out for us, I‘d be thinking without a doubt the life of an artist is an easy one. Wrong!

*Paint NC is a group of North Carolina artists, mostly in the Triangle (Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill), who spring through fall each year, get together twice a week to go on paint-outs at various designated locations. If you’re inclined, read more about us at Paint NC.

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After growing up all over the globe, our family took root in North Carolina. Every place before this was never more than three and a half years. I began coloring in England, I began pastels in California, in the Philippines, my dad enrolled me in private oil painting lessons. In North Carolina, I picked up a pencil and never put it down. This led to a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, an MFA from Syracuse University, a 30+ year career in Minneapolis as an art director and graphic designer. Then it stopped. My mom in North Carolina got sick, and I got Carolina on my mind. In 2003 I moved in with her. God rest her soul, she made me crazy, so I started to paint. Now I have a career as a fine artist. It’s up to friends, patrons, and people like you to keep it that way. Be happy. Buy art made in the USA, preferably from me.